#benny

I consider you as old as you look and feel. And in that case I feel - I feel I'm about 39, like Jack Benny. ↗

— Joan Collins

#benny #case #consider #feel #i

No, that's not it. The first time we met was at Fat Tuesday's. Benny was playing, this was, I think in 1989? ↗

— Benny Green

#fat #first #first time #i #i think

Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet. ↗

— Lee Konitz

#big #clarinet #goodman #i #influences

Are we not perhaps all afraid in some way? If we let Christ enter fully into our lives, if we open ourselves totally to him, are we not afraid that He might take something away from us? Are we not perhaps afraid to give up something significant, something unique, something that makes life so beautiful? Do we not then risk ending up diminished and deprived of our freedom? . . . No! If we let Christ into our lives, we lose nothing, nothing, absolutely nothing of what makes life free, beautiful and great. No! Only in this friendship are the doors of life opened wide. Only in this friendship is the great potential of human existence truly revealed. Only in this friendship do we experience beauty and liberation. And so, today, with great strength and great conviction, on the basis of long personal experience of life, I say to you, dear young people: Do not be afraid of Christ! He takes nothing away, and he gives you everything. When we give ourselves to him, we receive a hundredfold in return. Yes, open, open wide the doors to Christ – and you will find true life. Amen. ↗

— Pope Benedict XVI

#papa-benny #pope-benedict-xvi #trust #beauty

It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met a lot of people too. My first album was with Benny Carter. ↗

— Abbey Lincoln

#armstrong #benny #carter #duke #duke ellington

Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as it took to tell the story. ↗

— Bob Newhart

#benny #bravest #comedian #doubt #ever

Working with Benny was important for me and for black musicians in general. ↗

— Lionel Hampton

#black #general #important #me #musicians

I love Benny Hill. He one of my favourites of aaall time. Like, the way Benny did it, he was just amazing. Just seeing how he put songs together and comedy and the timing and the sketches. He was way ahead of his time. ↗

— Snoop Dogg

#amazing #benny #comedy #did #favourites

I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered it as a career choice. ↗

— Phil Hartman

#career #career choice #choice #considered #could

When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor's Orphanage - he shot both his parents and moved in. ↗

— Bob Hope

#asked #benny #both #his #jack